Current Research Projects
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Defining stream biomes to better understand and forecast stream ecosystem change
Funding source: National Science Foundation Macrosystems Biology Program
PIs: Emily Bernhardt (Duke), Brian McGlynn (Duke), Jim Heffernan (Duke), Emily Stanley (University of Wisconsin), Bob Hall (University of
Wyoming), Nancy Grimm (Arizona State), Bill McDowell (University of New Hampshire), Matt Cohen (University of Florida), Jordan Read (USGS), Ashley Helton (University of Connecticut)
The effects of mountain top mining on watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry: Learning from manipulation of the critical zone
Funding source: National Science Foundation Hydrological Sciences Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke) and Emily Bernhardt (Duke)
Student Researchers: Matt Ross
Post-doc: Fabian Nippgen
Human and Natural Forcings of Critical Zone Dynamics and Evolution at the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory:
An observatory that integrates the sciences of water, mineral, and organic matter cycles of CZ degradation and recovery
Funding source: National Science Foundation Critical Zone Observatory Program
PIs: Dan Richter (Duke); Amilcare Porporato (Duke); Mukesh Kumar (Duke); Brian McGlynn (Duke); Rafael Bras (Georgia Tech),
Daniel Markowitz (UGA), Aaron Thompson (UGA), et al.,
Student Researchers (McGlynn Lab): John Mallard
Catchment hydrology in the Piedmont: Hydrologic processes influencing streamflow generation, composition, and ephemeral channel expansion
Predictive modeling of ephemeral channels (related to above)
Student Researchers: Maggie Zimmer and John Paul Miller
Soil carbon transformation in heterogeneous landscapes: Implications for soil, water, and air
Funding source: USDA AFRI Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke), Diego Riveros-Iregui (UNC), Ryan Emanuel (NCSU), Xu Li (UNL)
Student Researchers: Kendra Kaiser
Hydrologic influences on soil trace gas fluxes across complex terrain
Funding source: National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences Program
PIs: John Dore (MSU) and Brian McGlynn (Duke)
Student Researchers: Kendra Kaiser
Hydrologic, biogeochemical, and ecological influences on carbon fate and transport in subalpine headwater catchments
Funding Source - NSF GRFP to Erin Seybold and Duke University
PIs: Erin Seybold and Brian McGlynn
Seeing the forest for the trees: Interpreting and quantifying emergent catchment hydrology behavior
Funding sources : National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke); Lucy Marshall (UNSW)
Ecohydrology: Disturbance and the intersection of vegetation pattern and landscape structure. Project focussed on the use of
leaf level spectral libraries, QUICKBIRD remote sensing, and LiDAR vegetation structure information for quantification of mountain pine beetle infestation patterns through time.
Funding sources: National Science Foundation GRFP to Kendra Kaiser and Duke University
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke) and Ryan Emanuel (NC State University)
Student Researchers: Kendra Kaiser
Human subsidization of aquatic food webs, Big Sky Montana
Funding sources: USGS 104 b; Big Sky Institute; NSF - EPSCoR
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke) Wyatt Cross (MSU Ecology)
Student researcher: Leslie Piper (MS student)
Recent Projects some in wrap-up stages
Retrospective Data Analysis at the Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory: Climate influences on hydrologic response
Funding Source: USFS cooperative agreement
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke) and Ryan Emanuel (NC State)
Student Researcher: Fabian Nippgen
The intersection of vegetation organization and watershed topology: Ecohydrologic imprints in runoff generation and stream discharge
Funding sources: National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke) and Ryan Emanuel (North Carolina State Univ.)
Student Researchers: Fabian Nippgen
Quantifying spatial and temporal solar radiation potential across Montana
Funding sources: NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
PIs Lucy Marshall and Brian McGlynn (Duke)
Student researcher: Randy Mullen (PhD)
Modular Curriculum for Hydrological Advancement - Toward an Online Faculty Learning Community for Hydrology Education
Funding Source: National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education CCLI Program, Award No. DUE-0633556.
PIs: Wagener (PSU), McGlynn (MSU), Gooseff (CSM), Marshall (MSU), Sharma (PSU).
EPSCoR Cyberinfrastructure Project
Funding source: National Science Foundation
Senior Personnel: Gwen Jacobs, Geoff Poole, Brian McGlynn, Wyatt Cross, Andy Hansen
Landscape Limnology of Mountain Watersheds: Nutrient Retention and Ecosystem Stability in Complex Aquatic Ecosystems
Funding sources:
National Science Foundation - Ecosystems Program,
EPA STAR Fellowship Award to Tim Covino
National Science Foundation - Ecosystems Program
Research Experience for Undergraduates 2008
National Science Foundation - Ecosystems Program
Research Experience for Undergraduates 2009
NSF supported National Center for Airborne
Laser Swath mapping student seed grant program
PIs: Wayne Wurtsbaugh (USU), Michelle Baker (USU),
Brian McGlynn (MSU)
Student Researchers: MSU - Tim Covino (PhD Student)
Linkages Between Climate, Watershed Structure, Land Cover, and Snow Runoff Dynamics: Initiation of the ICEWATER Regional Experimental Watershed Constellation
Funding Source: Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA)
PIs: McGlynn (MSU), Marshall (MSU), and Wraith (MSU)
Student Researchers: MSU - Fabian Nippgen
Watershed Carbon Distribution and Flux Across Environmental Gradients
Funding sources:
National Science Foundation - Integrated Carbon Cycle Research Program (ICCRP)
National Science Foundation - DDIG - Division of Environmental Biology, Ecosystems
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant to Diego Riveros-Iregui and McGlynn
NSF supported National Center for Airborne Laser Swath mapping
PIs: Brian McGlynn (MSU), co-PIs: Howie Epstein (UVA), Daniel Welsch (FSU)
Student Researchers
MSU - Vince Pacific, MS-PhD (now at US Forest Service
MSU - Diego Riveros-Iregui, PhD (now at Univ. of North Carolina)
UVA - Daniel Muth, PhD
UVA - Ryan Emanuel, PhD (now at NC State)
Landuse change impacts on water quality in a developing mountain watershed
Funding sources
EPA STAR Understanding Ecological Thresholds in Aquatic Systems through Retrospective Analysis
EPA STAR fellowship to Kristin Gardner
Seed funding NSF - Geography and Hydrology Programs (joint funding) - ALSM topography data
NSF EPSCoR Fellowship to Kristin Gardner
NSF GK- 12 Science and Society Fellowship to Kristin Gardner
Montana Department of Environmental Quality - Science to
inform the TMDL process
USGS 104b Montana seed grant program
NSF supported National Center for
Airborne Laser Swath mapping
PIs: Brian McGlynn (MSU) with varying roles of co-authors Kristin Gardner (MSU) and Duncan Patten (MSU)
Student Researchers: Kristin Gardner (PhD student); Becca McNamara (MS Student)
Hydrological Linkages Between Landscapes and Stream Networks (ended February 2009)
Funding source:
National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences Program
NSF supported National Center for Airborne Laser Swath mapping
PI: Brian McGlynn (MSU), Co-PI: Michael Gooseff (CSM)
Collaborators: Ken Bencala (USGS) and Steve Wondzell (USFS)
Student Researchers:
MSU - Kelsey Jencso, PhD,
CSM - Rob Payne, PhD
Stream Restoration Functional Assessment
Funding Source
Montana Natural Resource Damage Program
PIs: Seth Kurt-Mason (MSU MS student), Geoff Poole, and Brian McGlynn (MSU)
Predictive Modeling of Snowmelt Dynamics: Thresholds and the Hydrologic Regime of the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana
Funding Source
USGS 104b
PIs: Marshall (MSU) and McGlynn (MSU)
INRA Cyberinfrastructure Project
Funding source
Inland Northwest Research Alliance
PIs Lucy Marshall and Brian McGlynn
Characterization of the riparian wetlands and associated metal contamination at the headwaters of the Stillwater River, Montana
Funding source
USDA Forest Service
PI: Brian McGlynn
Student Researcher
Steve Cook (MS student)
Groundwater Surface Water Interactions in an Alpine-Valley Transition
Funding source
USGS 104b grant Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (MSU), co-PI: Rick Sojda (USGS)
Student Researchers
MSU - Tim Covino (MS student)
BICA (Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area) Seeps and Springs
Funding source
Greater Yellowstone Network's Vital Signs Monitoring Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (MSU) and Duncan Patten (MSU)
Researcher
Denine Schmitz
Tropical Hydrology: The impact of landuse change on small watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry in the Amazon Basin, Rondonia Brazil
Funding source
MSU International Programs Office
National Science Foundation (collaborators funded - not MSU directly)
Potsdam University, Germany
Student Researchers
Katie Schultz (Former undergraduate Scholars Program student)
Undergraduate students course field course participants from Germany and USA
Characterizing hillslope–riparian–stream interactions: A scaling perspective, Maimai, New Zealand
Funding source
NSF - Hydrologic Sciences Program
Researchers
Brian McGlynn, Jeff McDonnell, Jamie Shanley, Rick Hooper, Carol Kendall
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Defining stream biomes to better understand and forecast stream ecosystem change
Funding source: National Science Foundation Macrosystems Biology Program
PIs: Emily Bernhardt (Duke), Brian McGlynn (Duke), Jim Heffernan (Duke), Emily Stanley (University of Wisconsin), Bob Hall (University of
Wyoming), Nancy Grimm (Arizona State), Bill McDowell (University of New Hampshire), Matt Cohen (University of Florida), Jordan Read (USGS), Ashley Helton (University of Connecticut)
The effects of mountain top mining on watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry: Learning from manipulation of the critical zone
Funding source: National Science Foundation Hydrological Sciences Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke) and Emily Bernhardt (Duke)
Student Researchers: Matt Ross
Post-doc: Fabian Nippgen
Human and Natural Forcings of Critical Zone Dynamics and Evolution at the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory:
An observatory that integrates the sciences of water, mineral, and organic matter cycles of CZ degradation and recovery
Funding source: National Science Foundation Critical Zone Observatory Program
PIs: Dan Richter (Duke); Amilcare Porporato (Duke); Mukesh Kumar (Duke); Brian McGlynn (Duke); Rafael Bras (Georgia Tech),
Daniel Markowitz (UGA), Aaron Thompson (UGA), et al.,
Student Researchers (McGlynn Lab): John Mallard
Catchment hydrology in the Piedmont: Hydrologic processes influencing streamflow generation, composition, and ephemeral channel expansion
Predictive modeling of ephemeral channels (related to above)
Student Researchers: Maggie Zimmer and John Paul Miller
Soil carbon transformation in heterogeneous landscapes: Implications for soil, water, and air
Funding source: USDA AFRI Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke), Diego Riveros-Iregui (UNC), Ryan Emanuel (NCSU), Xu Li (UNL)
Student Researchers: Kendra Kaiser
Hydrologic influences on soil trace gas fluxes across complex terrain
Funding source: National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences Program
PIs: John Dore (MSU) and Brian McGlynn (Duke)
Student Researchers: Kendra Kaiser
Hydrologic, biogeochemical, and ecological influences on carbon fate and transport in subalpine headwater catchments
Funding Source - NSF GRFP to Erin Seybold and Duke University
PIs: Erin Seybold and Brian McGlynn
Seeing the forest for the trees: Interpreting and quantifying emergent catchment hydrology behavior
Funding sources : National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke); Lucy Marshall (UNSW)
Ecohydrology: Disturbance and the intersection of vegetation pattern and landscape structure. Project focussed on the use of
leaf level spectral libraries, QUICKBIRD remote sensing, and LiDAR vegetation structure information for quantification of mountain pine beetle infestation patterns through time.
Funding sources: National Science Foundation GRFP to Kendra Kaiser and Duke University
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke) and Ryan Emanuel (NC State University)
Student Researchers: Kendra Kaiser
Human subsidization of aquatic food webs, Big Sky Montana
Funding sources: USGS 104 b; Big Sky Institute; NSF - EPSCoR
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke) Wyatt Cross (MSU Ecology)
Student researcher: Leslie Piper (MS student)
Recent Projects some in wrap-up stages
Retrospective Data Analysis at the Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory: Climate influences on hydrologic response
Funding Source: USFS cooperative agreement
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke) and Ryan Emanuel (NC State)
Student Researcher: Fabian Nippgen
The intersection of vegetation organization and watershed topology: Ecohydrologic imprints in runoff generation and stream discharge
Funding sources: National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (Duke) and Ryan Emanuel (North Carolina State Univ.)
Student Researchers: Fabian Nippgen
Quantifying spatial and temporal solar radiation potential across Montana
Funding sources: NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
PIs Lucy Marshall and Brian McGlynn (Duke)
Student researcher: Randy Mullen (PhD)
Modular Curriculum for Hydrological Advancement - Toward an Online Faculty Learning Community for Hydrology Education
Funding Source: National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education CCLI Program, Award No. DUE-0633556.
PIs: Wagener (PSU), McGlynn (MSU), Gooseff (CSM), Marshall (MSU), Sharma (PSU).
EPSCoR Cyberinfrastructure Project
Funding source: National Science Foundation
Senior Personnel: Gwen Jacobs, Geoff Poole, Brian McGlynn, Wyatt Cross, Andy Hansen
Landscape Limnology of Mountain Watersheds: Nutrient Retention and Ecosystem Stability in Complex Aquatic Ecosystems
Funding sources:
National Science Foundation - Ecosystems Program,
EPA STAR Fellowship Award to Tim Covino
National Science Foundation - Ecosystems Program
Research Experience for Undergraduates 2008
National Science Foundation - Ecosystems Program
Research Experience for Undergraduates 2009
NSF supported National Center for Airborne
Laser Swath mapping student seed grant program
PIs: Wayne Wurtsbaugh (USU), Michelle Baker (USU),
Brian McGlynn (MSU)
Student Researchers: MSU - Tim Covino (PhD Student)
Linkages Between Climate, Watershed Structure, Land Cover, and Snow Runoff Dynamics: Initiation of the ICEWATER Regional Experimental Watershed Constellation
Funding Source: Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA)
PIs: McGlynn (MSU), Marshall (MSU), and Wraith (MSU)
Student Researchers: MSU - Fabian Nippgen
Watershed Carbon Distribution and Flux Across Environmental Gradients
Funding sources:
National Science Foundation - Integrated Carbon Cycle Research Program (ICCRP)
National Science Foundation - DDIG - Division of Environmental Biology, Ecosystems
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant to Diego Riveros-Iregui and McGlynn
NSF supported National Center for Airborne Laser Swath mapping
PIs: Brian McGlynn (MSU), co-PIs: Howie Epstein (UVA), Daniel Welsch (FSU)
Student Researchers
MSU - Vince Pacific, MS-PhD (now at US Forest Service
MSU - Diego Riveros-Iregui, PhD (now at Univ. of North Carolina)
UVA - Daniel Muth, PhD
UVA - Ryan Emanuel, PhD (now at NC State)
Landuse change impacts on water quality in a developing mountain watershed
Funding sources
EPA STAR Understanding Ecological Thresholds in Aquatic Systems through Retrospective Analysis
EPA STAR fellowship to Kristin Gardner
Seed funding NSF - Geography and Hydrology Programs (joint funding) - ALSM topography data
NSF EPSCoR Fellowship to Kristin Gardner
NSF GK- 12 Science and Society Fellowship to Kristin Gardner
Montana Department of Environmental Quality - Science to
inform the TMDL process
USGS 104b Montana seed grant program
NSF supported National Center for
Airborne Laser Swath mapping
PIs: Brian McGlynn (MSU) with varying roles of co-authors Kristin Gardner (MSU) and Duncan Patten (MSU)
Student Researchers: Kristin Gardner (PhD student); Becca McNamara (MS Student)
Hydrological Linkages Between Landscapes and Stream Networks (ended February 2009)
Funding source:
National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences Program
NSF supported National Center for Airborne Laser Swath mapping
PI: Brian McGlynn (MSU), Co-PI: Michael Gooseff (CSM)
Collaborators: Ken Bencala (USGS) and Steve Wondzell (USFS)
Student Researchers:
MSU - Kelsey Jencso, PhD,
CSM - Rob Payne, PhD
Stream Restoration Functional Assessment
Funding Source
Montana Natural Resource Damage Program
PIs: Seth Kurt-Mason (MSU MS student), Geoff Poole, and Brian McGlynn (MSU)
Predictive Modeling of Snowmelt Dynamics: Thresholds and the Hydrologic Regime of the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana
Funding Source
USGS 104b
PIs: Marshall (MSU) and McGlynn (MSU)
INRA Cyberinfrastructure Project
Funding source
Inland Northwest Research Alliance
PIs Lucy Marshall and Brian McGlynn
Characterization of the riparian wetlands and associated metal contamination at the headwaters of the Stillwater River, Montana
Funding source
USDA Forest Service
PI: Brian McGlynn
Student Researcher
Steve Cook (MS student)
Groundwater Surface Water Interactions in an Alpine-Valley Transition
Funding source
USGS 104b grant Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (MSU), co-PI: Rick Sojda (USGS)
Student Researchers
MSU - Tim Covino (MS student)
BICA (Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area) Seeps and Springs
Funding source
Greater Yellowstone Network's Vital Signs Monitoring Program
PIs: Brian McGlynn (MSU) and Duncan Patten (MSU)
Researcher
Denine Schmitz
Tropical Hydrology: The impact of landuse change on small watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry in the Amazon Basin, Rondonia Brazil
Funding source
MSU International Programs Office
National Science Foundation (collaborators funded - not MSU directly)
Potsdam University, Germany
Student Researchers
Katie Schultz (Former undergraduate Scholars Program student)
Undergraduate students course field course participants from Germany and USA
Characterizing hillslope–riparian–stream interactions: A scaling perspective, Maimai, New Zealand
Funding source
NSF - Hydrologic Sciences Program
Researchers
Brian McGlynn, Jeff McDonnell, Jamie Shanley, Rick Hooper, Carol Kendall